In recent years we have become accustomed to a great deal, yet world politics continues to set new records. Or perhaps sink to new depths, depending on your taste. One week in January provided a full set of examples: the kidnapping of Venezuela’s presidential couple by US special forces; the …
Read More »Trump announces son’s engagement
US President Donald Trump has announced the engagement of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson during a White House Christmas reception on Monday. Footage shared on social media shows the president stepping aside at the podium as the couple stood together, prompting applause from …
Read More »Trump threatens military action in Africa
US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of War to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria, accusing the West African nation of allowing the killing of Christians by Islamist militants. Nigeria, a country split between a Muslim-majority north and a largely Christian south, has long been plagued by …
Read More »Trump hails meeting with Xi as step toward ‘everlasting peace’
US President Donald Trump has said his meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, earlier this week will pave the way for lasting peace between the nations. The two leaders met for the first time in six years Thursday on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Busan, South Korea. …
Read More »Orban reveals what he told Trump about Russian oil
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told US President Donald Trump in a recent phone call that his country’s economy would plummet almost instantly if it stopped receiving Russian oil and gas. Budapest continues to resist mounting pressure from Brussels and Washington to end its reliance on Russian energy, citing geographic and …
Read More »Trump announces Soviet-born India envoy
US President Donald Trump has announced the appointment of a new ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs. Sergio Gor, who originates from the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, has served the Trump administration as Director of Presidential Personnel, playing a critical role in recruitment, …
Read More »Trump has handed EU ‘a brutal wake-up call’ – ex-ECB chief
US President Donald Trump has delivered a “brutal wake-up call” to the EU, shattering the bloc’s illusion of geopolitical power rooted in its economic might, ex-Italian Prime Minister and former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has said, warning that the bloc must undergo major reforms to remain relevant. Trump …
Read More »Zelensky vows to retake Crimea despite Trump’s peace push
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has rejected US calls to withdraw its claim to Crimea or make any territorial concessions to Russia. In a speech marking Ukraine’s Independence Day on Sunday, Zelensky vowed to retake the peninsula, which is predominantly populated by ethnic Russians and overwhelmingly voted to join Russia after the …
Read More »Kremlin comments on rumors of Putin-Trump-Xi meeting
The Kremlin has nothing to say about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming World War II commemoration in China, according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The ceremony, which marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in WWII, …
Read More »Trump sues Rupert Murdoch
US President Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his media empire over an article in the Wall Street Journal that claimed he sent a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The suit, filed Friday in federal court in the Southern District of …
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